Process of making books.



'.0. E. SCHQEFER. PROCESS of MAKING Booxs. APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2. 1916.

` 1,21 9,589. Pate'nrted Mar. 20, V1917 D STATES PATENT orricn) OSCAR E. SGHAELEEB, F ST. 'aOUIS, MISSOURI.

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To all, [hom z'' may concern.'

Be ,it known that I, OSCAR E. SCHAEFER,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Processes of Making` Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to small cloth covered books, such as note books, pass books, pocket account books, and the like, and particularly to the cover andv process of making it. p

Note books, pass books, and the likehavs ing cloth covers and round corners as heretofore made vhave been of two kinds, -one kind having the edgesbound with cloth and the other 'kind having the edges sheared smooth. The cloth along sheared edges soon frays, and for thisreason sheared edge note books look cheap. The objection `to books with cloth bound edges is that they have to be covered by hand, which adds to the cost of the book. v

The object of this inventionfis to produce a neat, serviceable book at a low cost, and the invention consists in the book and proc ess of making it hereinafter described. Further objects of the invention appear in connection with the following description of the book and process of making it illustrated inthe accompanying drawings. What the invention consists in is particularized in the appended claims.

The drawings illustrate the process of making a pass book with a window in the front cover. In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters represent the same parts fora book in the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the back of the leaves brought together for making a strip of three books,` after 'sewing on the inside cloth reinforcement;4 p

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same after pasting. on the 'card-board sides and the cloth outside cover;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same after turning in the edges of the cloth outside cover and punching the holes in the front cover for windows;

Fig. It is a plan view'of the paper inner lining for the hack and front covers, showing the windowf openings in the front lining with Celluloid windows pasted over them;

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view of the inside of the strip of 1nooks after the linings have y m Specication of Letters Patent.

been pasted in and prior to severing the strip into separate books; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a linished pass hook.

In the book .shown in the drawings, the top and bottom edges of the coversV are shcared olf, and the side edges of the covers are bound with cloth. This arrangement permits binding and-covering three or more .books at once in a single strip or blank,

and then shearing the blank apart to produce the separate books. Referring to 'the drawings, the process consists of making' up .leaves 10 long enough for three books, bringing them together in book form, and sewing a binding strip oicloth 11 to the, back of the leaves' to make a single assemblage, as shown in Fig. 1. The card-board sides 12 are pasted to the strip 11, and the cloth outside cover 13 is pasted to the card-board sides, as shown in Fig. 2. Next, the edges 14 of the cloth cover are turned over the edges of the cardboard sides and pasted along the inside of both to' constitute the front and back covers, and three holes for window openings 15 are stamped throughthe cloth and card-board front cover, as shown in Fig. 3.

The front lining strip 16 and the back lining strip 17 are pasted to the inside of the front and back covers, respectively, overlapping the edges of the cloth cover 14 and reinforcing strip 11. The front lining strip has holes 15 in it located to correspond to the holes in the front cover for the window openings 15, and these holes are covered by pieces of Celluloid 18 securely pasted at their edges to the strip 16. The Celluloid Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

l Application filed June 12, w16. Serial N c. 103,115.

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windows are held between the strip 16 and the cardboard 'iront cover 12 across the win- 'dow openingsali. The lining strips are long enough for three books, and are securely pasted to the card board covers 12, to the turned-in edges of the cloth cover 13, and to the edges`of the reinforcing cloth strip 1l, thereby covering the edges of the cloth, as shown in Fig. 5. Y

The blank thus formed is sheared or otherwise parted from edge to edge to divide it into three portions, each containing one window opening nearits top; and the outer corners of each separate portion are sheared or rounded off to produce the completed book 19 shown in Fig. 6. The book thus produced has cloth bound side edges llt' where the Wear and tear is Igreatest, the ends :U and round corners only being unbound, and has the aspect of a hand made book. It evident the?, changes in the shape and arrangement of; the various parts of he book und their manner of construction ein be made with" departing trom the invention.y and the invention is notA restricted to the exact process described above nor to the pnrticulnr book shown in the drawings.

cieiin the fciiowing as my invention: l. The process of making cloth covered books which comprises combining the sides sind len-ves to form a strip of three or more books. covering the sides with cloth2 turning the side edges of the cloth covering in, severing the strip transversely into :and three parts, whereby the top'fand bottom edges of each part are trimmed to constitute a'iinished book.

2. The process of making cloth covered books with round corners which comprises assembling the sides and leaves to form a. strip of three books, pasting a covering of cloth upon the outer side of the strip, turning the side edges of the cloth covering in, and severing the strip transversely into three paris. the corners of cach part being cut round. to constitute finished book.

3. The process of making cloth covered books with round corners and Window which comprises securing together and front and back the cloth covering, sides and leaves to form a strip of three books having front and back covers, turning the side edges of the cloth covering in, cutting window openings in the front cover, lining the covers with strips having transparent windcws covering said openings, severing the strip int'o three parts and trimming the corners of each part round to constitute a. finished book.

i. The process of making cloth covered b oks which comprises assembling the leaves sides with a binding strip, covering the sides and strip with cloth, turning the side edges of the cloth covering in, and cutting the top and bottom edges square and the corners round to constitute a finished book.

5. The process of making cloth covered books which comprises assembling the leaves and front and back sides with a binding strip, covering the sides Awith cloth, turning the side edges of the cloth. covering in, cuttin v a window opening in the front side an covering, applying 'a lining strip to said front sidehaving a window conforming to said window opening, and trimming the top and bottom edges to constitute a finished book.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this eighth day of June, 1916.

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